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In this section you can read about what bands and artists that have had a big influence, both music- and image-wise on the different GN'R members/ex-members. After each quote it is listed from where it is taken.
Axl // Slash // Duff // Izzy // Steven // Dizzy // Gilby Axl Aerosmith - "Aerosmith are a tradition that I grew up with. They were the only band that people who lived in my city in Indiana would accept wearing make-up and dressed cool." - [Guns N' Roses - 1996] Hanoi Rocks - "The only reason I put my hair up is because Izzy had these pictures of Hanoi Rocks and they were cool, and because we hung out with this guy who studied Vogue magazine hair styles and he was really into doing my hair..." Elton John - "When we did 'Bohemian Rhapsody' that was totally unrehearsed. Brian asked me to do it that day, and it felt right. I spoke to Elton before the show and he was kind of uneasy about meeting me - you know, I'm supposed to be the most homophobic guy on earth. When we talked, I was excited but serious, telling him how much his music meant to me. By the end he was like 'Whoa'!" - [RIP - May, 1992] Nazareth - "It was 'Love Hurts', the Nazareth version that got me singing in my high voice..." Slash Aerosmith - "The record that changed my life was Aerosmith's "Rocks." When I was in seventh grade I liked a girl who was much older then me. For several months I tried to figure out some cool way of asking her out. Somehow I finally got home to her apartment. So, at last I was ther with her and then she puts on "Rocks". I was shocked! It was kind of my record. I think I listened at least six times in a row, ignored the girl totally, then jumped on my bike and went away. I really liked that girl, but I dumped her for Aerosmith." Jeff Beck - "It's a lot easier to appreciate Jeff Beck if you are a guitar player. He just has such natural control over the instrument... It's the ability to make it do something you've never heard anybody else do." - [Rolling Stone - April 1, 1999] Duff Kiss Izzy Alice Cooper
The first record he bought was Vanity Fair's 1970 AM pop hit "Hitchin' a Ride." His grandmother played drums so that's how Izzy found out that he wanted to play music.
Steven Kiss Top of page Dizzy Elton John Billy Powell (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
Jon Lord (Deep Purple).
Gilby the Beatles |
